A device and related method for removing debris from a metal wire formed by a process utilizing a lubricant is provided. The device includes at least two segments forming a passage through which the wire passes, each having a leading edge for stripping debris from the wire, and a resilient member positioned around the at least two segments and applying a force to the segments sufficient to cause contact between the leading edges and the wire passing through the passage. The method broadly includes the steps of moving the metal wire through a passage formed by a plurality of segments, contacting the wire moving through the passage using a leading edge of each of the plurality of segments, and applying a force to the plurality of segments to cause contact between the leading edge of each of the plurality of segments and the wire passing through the passage.

A device and related method for removing debris from a metal wire formed by a process utilizing a lubricant is provided. The device includes at least two segments forming a passage through which the wire passes, each having a leading edge for stripping debris from the wire, and a resilient member positioned around the at least two segments and applying a force to the segments sufficient to cause contact between the leading edges and the wire passing through the passage. The method broadly includes the steps of moving the metal wire through a passage formed by a plurality of segments, contacting the wire moving through the passage using a leading edge of each of the plurality of segments, and applying a force to the plurality of segments to cause contact between the leading edge of each of the plurality of segments and the wire passing through the passage.

The invention relates to a facility for treating a moving long product made of metal having a surface coated with a layer of oxide, comprising a stripping assembly comprising a group of lasers that are distributed around the long product a control unit for acquiring information relating to the long product the control unit being configured to determine operating parameters to be dictated on the stripping assembly in order to strip of the layer of oxide and to ablate a layer of metal of predetermined thickness, and so to obtain a predetermined roughness at the long product by comparing same with the experimental results pre-recorded in the control unit and dictating the operating parameters to the stripping assembly.

The invention relates to a facility for treating a moving long product made of metal having a surface coated with a layer of oxide, comprising a stripping assembly comprising a group of lasers that are distributed around the long product a control unit for acquiring information relating to the long product the control unit being configured to determine operating parameters to be dictated on the stripping assembly in order to strip of the layer of oxide and to ablate a layer of metal of predetermined thickness, and so to obtain a predetermined roughness at the long product by comparing same with the experimental results pre-recorded in the control unit and dictating the operating parameters to the stripping assembly.